The Coffee Trader: A Novel (Ballantine Reader"s Circle)
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Amsterdam, 1659: On the worldâs first commodities exchange, fortunes are won and lost in an instant. Miguel Lienzo, a sharp-witted trader in the cityâs close-knit community of Portuguese Jews, knows this only too well. Once among the cityâs most envied merchants, Miguel has suddenly lost everything. Now, impoverished and humiliated, living in his younger brotherâs canal-flooded basement, Miguel must find a way to restore his wealth and reputation. Miguel enters into a partnership with a seductive Dutchwoman who offers him one last chance at successâa daring plot to corner the market of an astonishing new commodity called âcoffee.â To succeed, Miguel must risk everything he values and face a powerful enemy who will stop at nothing to see him ruined. Miguel will learn that among Amsterdamâs ruthless businessmen, betrayal lurks everywhere, and even friends hide secret agendas.